West v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:22-cv-05891

Court:

Washington Western

Nature of Suit:

Insurance

Judge:

Benjamin H. Settle

Firms

  1. June 07, 2023

    MetLife, Widow Of Man Killed By Police Settle On Coverage

    A Washington state woman has settled with MetLife in a lawsuit in which she accused the insurer of wrongfully relying on a prosecutor's press release to deny death benefits after her husband was fatally shot by police in 2019, according to case filings.

  2. November 18, 2022

    MetLife Sued Over Claim Denial For Man Killed By Police

    MetLife wrongly refuses to pay death benefits to the widow of a man shot and killed by police, relying on a prosecutor's press release and a "vague" policy exclusion that denies coverage when a person's death is related to a felony, according to a lawsuit filed in Seattle federal court.